Chapter 662 Britain and France Agree on the Same Position

Grace compared the straight-line distance between France and India, and sorted out Nkrumah's connections, saying that India was not a good place to start, and that India was already independent and could not be commanded by the British.

"On the contrary, France is different. Mr. Allen, as far as I know, many heavyweight members of the French National Assembly are themselves leaders of the independence movement in Africa. Paris has given them a high status and they now live in Paris." Grace said He paused for a moment and said, "Can't you bribe this person?"

"He is a Pan-Africanist and a socialist. Once the former succeeds, his influence will quickly spread to other African colonies, and the latter will cause damage to the interests of Britain and France." Alan Wilson glanced at Grace and sighed, "So You say, can I let him go? The UK is not unwilling to let the colonies become independent, but it is absolutely not possible for this kind of person."

"Afraid of the threat of colonial backlash?" Grace asked suspiciously, which could only be attributed to Britain's vigilance against Pan-Africanism and socialism, but he could see that Alan Wilson, a normal African nationalist, was not give a damn about.

"Threat? That's not true. There are many kinds of independence, but Pan-Africanism and socialism are more harmful to Britain than nationalists. The former can be considered the first piece of dominoes. If this Pan-Africanist leader is If independence succeeds, we and the French will be in big trouble, and our influence will spread rapidly. If we lean toward socialism, we will cut off economic ties with Britain in the short term. I won’t say what happens in the future, but not now.”

Alan Wilson showed the differences between different independent forces, and it was not that he could not tolerate the nationalists. Anyway, he did not expect Britain to rule Africa forever. Independence was just a matter of sooner or later. He was just stalling for time.

Pan-African thought and socialist thought actually pose little threat to Alan Wilson. Can colonial independence pose a threat to Britain? Not even British India could do it, let alone an African colony.

It’s not like he doesn’t know what happened to the countries that supported Pan-Africanism. Ghana in the 21st century is far less influential than the Gold Coast in the 1950s. If anything, Ghana's status in the world is lower than the current Gold Coast, and much lower.

No regime in these so-called Pan-Africanist countries can organize a new society on its own.

Soon, after the militarization enthusiasm of the revolutionary countries faded, these Pan-Africanist regimes were counterattacked and became explicit dictatorships.

The last country led by Pan-Africanist leaders, the more Pan-Africanist soil there is, the poorer it becomes.

Because Pan-Africanism believes that all of Africa is one family, but the independence of each colony has its own time. Of course, countries that become independent first can support other countries that are not yet independent, but who can believe that they can merge and form a unified African parliament?

The problem is that it doesn't work now;

Britain cannot let go of its colonies yet. Nkrumah had two intolerable qualities. Once he succeeds, a gap will be opened in the African colonial system, and the impact will be very bad.

"But looking at so many gold reserves, I can't let the Gold Coast become independent so easily." Grace didn't know that Alan Wilson divided the African independence movement into several categories, including Nkrumah Such leaders of the independence movement happen to be included in the ranks of those who kill chickens to scare monkeys.

He just feels that Britain is interested in the gold reserves of the Gold Coast. Now that South Africa is obviously not obedient, and the Americans are not just watching, Britain can only find ways to increase Britain's national power in another gold producing area in Africa.

You are right to think so. The gold reserves on the British Gold Coast are indeed an important reason to take action.

But Alan Wilson could not admit it. He said it was to prevent the civilization and order of the entire Africa from being destroyed. Successful independence under Nkrumah would only plunge the Gold Coast into poverty.

Grace looked like she believed it, and the two initially determined that borrowing the power of France was more reliable than India.

Although Nkrumah also adopted Gandhi's non-violent non-cooperation movement, India did not necessarily allow Nkrumah to leave the Gold Coast.

On the contrary, several African leaders in the French National Assembly, such as Felix Houphouet-Boigny and Léopold Sédar Senghor, were quite favored by the Paris government because they were all black. value.

From personal relationships and connections, it might be possible to facilitate Nkrumah's trip. Grace said that once Nkrumah left the Gold Coast, a plane crash could be used to make Nkrumah disappear, which was not a problem for him.

However, Alan Wilson must promise to give him the aviation route map of France and French Africa.

"No problem, the French are commendable in this regard." Alan Wilson agreed immediately. Land-power countries and sea-power countries are different. France is much more determined than the United Kingdom on some colonial issues.

According to what he knew, the current French colonies in North Africa had no flights to each other, but they all had routes to Paris. This was the same as in later generations.

The difference is that due to flight restrictions in this era, direct flights from Paris to French Central Africa are not possible. France's transit point in Africa is Algiers, the capital of the Algerian overseas province.

From this we know how much France values ​​Algeria. Once Algeria becomes independent, France's colonial rule in Africa will inevitably collapse. Alan Wilson, who came to Nigeria and also stopped in Algiers, knew this.

"I sent people to Algeria to wait. As for France's cooperation?" Grace said this and looked at Alan Wilson, saying that he could do white gloves, but Alan Wilson was needed at other levels.

Alan Wilson stood still for a long time and then entered the office of the Nigerian Administrative Office. He did not know the French very well, but his wife Pamela Mountbatten was deeply loved by many friends in France's aristocratic circles.

It depends on whether the special relationship between Britain and France exchanged for Libya can pass this test. Grace’s suggestion would be best if the French Communist Party or African members of the French National Assembly make an invitation.

Alan Wilson has acknowledged this, but he doesn't know whether he can achieve his goal. But according to common sense, there should be some lurkers within the French Communist Party. After all, France is part of the free world and cannot be indifferent to the pro-Soviet organizations in the country and the Italian Communist Party.

There is a saying that every time the Communist Party of the United States holds a meeting, except for Browder himself, the rest are the agents of the US government lurking inside the Communist Party of the United States. There is good news and bad news in this. The good news is that the federal government has no control over the Communist Party of the United States. The bad news is that both the FBI and the CIA believe that the other party's agents lurking in the US Communist Party have betrayed the United States.

The French Communist Party may not be as weak as the American Communist Party, but Alan Wilson believes that the French government must have installed reliable people in the French Communist Party and practiced breaking down the fortress from the inside.

Asking for help in front of his wife at the critical moment, Alan Wilson believed that there was nothing shameful in this. It was all for the continuation of civilization of the British Empire. He even licked it, but he still cared about whether he was kneeling.

Soon Pamela Mountbatten received a telegram from her husband. She had been checking her health recently and it was confirmed. There was good news in her belly. In retrospect, she should find a city with a good environment to live temporarily.

I was about to contact my husband when I received a telegram, and I read it happily.

The telegram greeted his wife and then mentioned the current difficulties Alan Wilson himself was encountering in British West Africa and how to deal with Nigeria, but ultimately it was on the Gold Coast that Pamela Mountbatten saw her husband's anxiety.

Since South Africa became less obedient, the Gold Coast has become an important source of gold for the UK. Last year, more than 150 tons of gold were imported into the UK.

The good news for the Gold Coast is that since the establishment of colonial state-owned enterprises, major colonies have focused on recruiting retired soldiers to work in colonial state-owned enterprises. The most significant result of this was that it prevented these soldiers with war experience from becoming the backbone of the opposition to British colonial rule.

This is definitely stronger than the original history, so the armed resistance in the British African colonies was not strong.

Of course, Alan Wilson could not reveal it in the telegram to his wife, but he also hinted that as long as Nkrumah was eliminated. It might be better to talk with an obedient leader of the independence movement.

Alan Wilson did not hide the idea of ​​Nkrumah leaving the Gold Coast, hoping to use France's influence in Africa.

"Once the Gold Coast becomes independent, this Pan-Africanist will definitely create instability in other colonies. This is the first piece of dominoes falling, but military action may cause misunderstanding among Americans because of Nkrumah's own experience in the United States, so Try not to use it, I mean use an accident to make it disappear.”

Pamela Mountbatten, stroking her belly gently, put down the telegram, "Marina, prepare a plane for the family to fly to Paris, and arrange a meeting for me with friends who work in politics. The French Communist Party is the best."

One day later, Pamela Mountbatten arrived in Paris with her two assistants, and she did not forget to say to the two assistants behind her, "Marina, Zakharova, and Grace are in Nigeria with my husband. How is this person?"

"He is highly valued by the leader," Marina replied simply. "Unsurprisingly, he is Chetnik's next leader. We all respect him."

"This puts me at ease. Alan values ​​Northern Rhodesia very much." Pamela Mountbatten raised her wrist and glanced at the time. When she walked out of the airport, a special car was already waiting for her.

Traditionally, France is an old revolutionary area, but not all revolutionaries are revolutionaries. In the case of Napoleon, he carried out a revolution on behalf of the army. France is not clearly divided between left and right. On the contrary, there are quite a lot of people communicating with each other.